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it is important to develop new sources of energy here in america. it will be up to the voters what path we should take. will we double down on the top- down economic policies that helped get us into this mess or embrace a new economic patriotism that says america does best when the middle class does best? i look forward to having that debate. >> it is in honor to be here with you. i appreciate the chance to be with the president. congratulations to you, mr. president, on your anniversary. i am sure this is the most romantic place you could imagine, here with me. congratulations. this is a tender topic. i have met people across the country. i was in dayton, ohio, and a woman said, "i have been out of work since may. can you help me?" yesterday was a rally in denver. a woman with a baby said, "my husband has had four jobs in three years -- part-time jobs. he lost his recent job." we lost our home. can you help us?" yes, we can. it will take a different path, not the one we have been on. not the one the president describes as a top-down tax cut for the
it is important to develop new sources of energy here in america. it will be up to the voters what path we should take. will we double down on the top- down economic policies that helped get us into this mess or embrace a new economic patriotism that says america does best when the middle class does best? i look forward to having that debate. >> it is in honor to be here with you. i appreciate the chance to be with the president. congratulations to you, mr. president, on your anniversary....
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energy. energy is critical and the president pointed out correctly that production of oil and gas in the u.s. is up. but not due to his policies. inspite of his policies. mr. president, all of the increase in natural gas and oil has happened on private land. not on government land. on government land, your administration has cut the number of permits and licenses in half. if i'm president, i'll double them. and also get the oil from offshore and alaska and bring that pipeline in from canada. by the way, i like coal. i'm going to make sure we continue to burn clean coal. people in the coal industry feel like it is getting crushed by your policies. i want to get america and north america energy independent to create those jobs. finally, in regards to that tax cut -- look, i'm not looking to cut massive taxes and to reduce the revenues going to the government. number one principle is, there will be no tax cut that adds to the deficit. but i do want to reduce the burden being paid by middle incom
energy. energy is critical and the president pointed out correctly that production of oil and gas in the u.s. is up. but not due to his policies. inspite of his policies. mr. president, all of the increase in natural gas and oil has happened on private land. not on government land. on government land, your administration has cut the number of permits and licenses in half. if i'm president, i'll double them. and also get the oil from offshore and alaska and bring that pipeline in from canada. by...
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the third area energy. energy is critical. and the president pointed out correctly, that production of oil and gas in the u.s. is up, but not due to his policies. in spite of his policies. all of the increase in natural gas and oil has hand on private land not government langd. your administration has cut the number of permits and licenses in half on government land. if i'm president i'll double them. and bring the pipeline in from canada. and i'm going to make sure we can continue to burn coal. i want to get america and north america energy independent so we can create those jobs and finally with regards to the tax cut, look i'm not looking to cut massive taxes and reduce the revenues going to the government. my number one principal is there will be no tax cut that adds to the deficit. no tax cut that adds to the deficit. but i do want to reduce the burden being paid by middle income americans, and to do that, that also means i cannot reduce the burden paid by high-income americans. any language to the contrary is simply not
the third area energy. energy is critical. and the president pointed out correctly, that production of oil and gas in the u.s. is up, but not due to his policies. in spite of his policies. all of the increase in natural gas and oil has hand on private land not government langd. your administration has cut the number of permits and licenses in half on government land. if i'm president i'll double them. and bring the pipeline in from canada. and i'm going to make sure we can continue to burn...
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now, i like green energy as well. but that's about 50 years' worth of what oil and gas receives, and you say exxonmobil, this goes largely to drilling operators and so forth. if we get the tax rate from 35% to 25%, that $2.8 billion is on the table. of course it's on the table. probably won't survive if you get the rate to 25%. don't forget, you put $9 0 billion, like 50 years worth of breaks to solar and win to solyndra, fiskar and t 02:1tendrel. you don't just pick winners and losers, you pick the losers. and the idea that you get a break for shipping jobs overseas is simply not the case. what we have right now, i would like to bring money from overseas back to this country. and medicaid to states, i'm not sure where this came in. except this. i would like to take medicaid dollars to go to states and say you will get what you got last year, plus inflation, plus 1%, and then you will manage your care for your poor in the way you think best. and i remember as a governor when this idea was floated by tommy thompson, th
now, i like green energy as well. but that's about 50 years' worth of what oil and gas receives, and you say exxonmobil, this goes largely to drilling operators and so forth. if we get the tax rate from 35% to 25%, that $2.8 billion is on the table. of course it's on the table. probably won't survive if you get the rate to 25%. don't forget, you put $9 0 billion, like 50 years worth of breaks to solar and win to solyndra, fiskar and t 02:1tendrel. you don't just pick winners and losers, you...
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one, get us energy independent. north american energy independent. that creates about 4 million jobs. number two, open up more trade, particularly in latin america. crack down on china, if and when they cheat. number three, make sure our people have the skills they need to succeed and the best schools in the world. we're far away from that now. number four, get us to a balanced budget. number five, champion small business. it's small business that creates the jobs in america. and over the last four years, small business people have decided that america may not be the place to open a new business. because new business start-ups are down to a 30-year low. i know what it takes to get small business growing again, to hire people. now, i'm concerned that the path that we're on has just been unsuccessful. the president has a view, very similar to the view he had when he ran four years ago. that a bigger government, spending more, taxing more, regulating more, if you will, trickle-down government, would work. that's not the right answer for america. i'll re
one, get us energy independent. north american energy independent. that creates about 4 million jobs. number two, open up more trade, particularly in latin america. crack down on china, if and when they cheat. number three, make sure our people have the skills they need to succeed and the best schools in the world. we're far away from that now. number four, get us to a balanced budget. number five, champion small business. it's small business that creates the jobs in america. and over the last...
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the third area, energy. energy is critical. and the president pointed out correctly that production of oil and gases in the u.s. is up. but not due to his policies. in spite of his policies. mr. president, all of the inies in -- the increase in natural gas and oil is on private land, not government land. on government land, your administration has cut the number of permits and licenses in half. if i am president, i will double them. i will also gets the oil from offshore and alaska. i will bring that pipeline in from canada. by the way, i like coal. i want to make sure we can continue to burn clean coal. people in the coal industry think it's getting crushed by your policies. i wanted to get america and north america energy independent to create jobs. finally with regards to the tax cut. look, i am not looking to cut massive taxes and reduce the revenues going to the government. my number 1 principle is no tax cut that adds to the deficit. no tax cut that adds to the deficit. but i want to reduce the burden being paid by middle
the third area, energy. energy is critical. and the president pointed out correctly that production of oil and gases in the u.s. is up. but not due to his policies. in spite of his policies. mr. president, all of the inies in -- the increase in natural gas and oil is on private land, not government land. on government land, your administration has cut the number of permits and licenses in half. if i am president, i will double them. i will also gets the oil from offshore and alaska. i will...
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in a nod to the booming energy industry, booming shale and gas production will give u.s. rerefineries advantages over others around the world. fracking in unconventional shale will push refiners into higher utilization rates. the challenge? getting fuel from the field toe the refineries. crude oil futures rallied today. look at that. 4%. that is a massive rally. they were rebounding as shares dropped in a previous session. crude climbed 3.7%. look at that. it climbed 4.5%. but it was higher by $3.57, to 91.71. closing up over $91 a barrel. >>> riots in tehran as iran's currency is collapsing. thery al he is value -- reel down 70%. can you imagine if that happened to the dollar? what is coming up next in iran. >>> the post office defaulted on another $5 billion plus payment. the postmaster general is here for a exclusive interview. i have a business plan to share with him. he will evaluated. do you ever have too much money? ♪ ♪ . melissa: so you saw it here yesterday the iranian economy is collapsing. people are taking to the streets to protest hyperinflation and stock
in a nod to the booming energy industry, booming shale and gas production will give u.s. rerefineries advantages over others around the world. fracking in unconventional shale will push refiners into higher utilization rates. the challenge? getting fuel from the field toe the refineries. crude oil futures rallied today. look at that. 4%. that is a massive rally. they were rebounding as shares dropped in a previous session. crude climbed 3.7%. look at that. it climbed 4.5%. but it was higher by...
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the third area, energy. energy is critical, and the president pointed out correctly that production of oil and gas in the u.s. is up. but not due to his policies, in spite of his policies. mr. president, all of the increase in natural gas and oil has happened on private land, not in government land. on government land your administration has cut the number of permits and licenses in half. if i'm president, i'll double them. i'll also get the oil from off shore and alaska, and i'll bring that pipeline in from canada. and also coal. people in the coal industry feel like it is being crushed by your policies. i want to get america and north america energy independent so we can create those jobs. finally, with regard to that tax cut, look, i'm not willing to cut massive taxes and reduce the revenues going to the government. my number one principle is there will be no tax cut that adds to the government. i want to underline that. no tax cut that adds to the deficit. i want to reduce the burden being paid by middle
the third area, energy. energy is critical, and the president pointed out correctly that production of oil and gas in the u.s. is up. but not due to his policies, in spite of his policies. mr. president, all of the increase in natural gas and oil has happened on private land, not in government land. on government land your administration has cut the number of permits and licenses in half. if i'm president, i'll double them. i'll also get the oil from off shore and alaska, and i'll bring that...
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a straw man no one ever said that the department of energy creates energy it's absurd and reagan knows it the department of energy builds nuclear bombs they renamed it back in the day you know so that people wouldn't get upset about the budget or something the bomb making agency didn't sound so good but it doesn't refine oil. reagan knew it was a great talking point and he knew that he had to be willing to say what ever it takes to win as long as he says it's sincere. and so mitt romney did the same thing he lied about his own tax plan a lot about the president's medicare reforms he lied about his own medicare plans he lied about wall street reform he lied about the president's green energy investments he lied about death panels he lied about small businesses he lied about the deficit he lied about the national federation of independent businesses he lied about cuts to the military but you know what he talks and surly just like reagan and that's why today he's been declared the winner of the debate in the mainstream media instead of being declared the loser by virtue of lives but the s
a straw man no one ever said that the department of energy creates energy it's absurd and reagan knows it the department of energy builds nuclear bombs they renamed it back in the day you know so that people wouldn't get upset about the budget or something the bomb making agency didn't sound so good but it doesn't refine oil. reagan knew it was a great talking point and he knew that he had to be willing to say what ever it takes to win as long as he says it's sincere. and so mitt romney did the...
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energy of a crowd. part of the challenge that governor romney's going to have is he's gotten affirmation of being aggressive and it's easy when you have had that to take that in to the next setting. most debate strategies don't work as well the second time and in a town hall setting it's a particular problem because it's people asking the questions and aggression towards the moderator in the debate is probably not going to fly in a town hall. that said, he's getting a lot of affirmation for being presidential as opposed to likable. and i think that that's something he's going to take in at least psychologically in to the contest. obama i suspect will see a fooisier performance. >> okay. let's follow up after that debate october 16th. candy crowley. thank you very much, melissa maxi way from emery university. we need to talk vice presidential debate. you have vice president joe biden, congressman paul ryan facing off. special coverage next thursday night. >>> just ahead, developing situation along the tu
energy of a crowd. part of the challenge that governor romney's going to have is he's gotten affirmation of being aggressive and it's easy when you have had that to take that in to the next setting. most debate strategies don't work as well the second time and in a town hall setting it's a particular problem because it's people asking the questions and aggression towards the moderator in the debate is probably not going to fly in a town hall. that said, he's getting a lot of affirmation for...
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past the energy and theatrics we talked about today. ezra kline writes in the "washington post" today, quote, for the most part this is romney's strategy being purposefully vague about the nature of his policies paid off. here's an example. >> governor romney's central economic plan calls for a $5 trillion tax cut. >> virtually everything he said about my tax plan is inaccurate. >> for 18 months he's running on this tax plan, and now, five weeks before the election, he's saying that his big, bold idea is never mind. >> let me repeat what i said. i'm not in favor of a $5 trillion tax cut. >> joining me now is ezra kline, who is an msnbc policy analyst. ezra, thank you for your time. >> good afternoon. >> let's talk about the headline there, the vagueness here. if that is the reason mitt romney won, is that further proof that the president did not step up with the challenge that was needed to assert himself regarding this vagueness? >> i don't think there's any doubt that president obama underperformed last night, but mitt romney kind of
past the energy and theatrics we talked about today. ezra kline writes in the "washington post" today, quote, for the most part this is romney's strategy being purposefully vague about the nature of his policies paid off. here's an example. >> governor romney's central economic plan calls for a $5 trillion tax cut. >> virtually everything he said about my tax plan is inaccurate. >> for 18 months he's running on this tax plan, and now, five weeks before the election,...
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the third area, energy. energy is critical in the president pointed out correctly that production of oil and gas in the u.s. is up, but not due to his policies. despite of his policies. mr. president, all the increase in natural gas and oil has happened on private land, not on government land. on government land, your administration has cut the number of permits and licenses in half. if i am president, i will double them and also get the oil from offshore in alaska and bring a pipeline from canada. and by the way, i let cool. i will make sure we continue to burn clean coal. people in the coal industry feel like it's getting crushed by your policies. i went to get america and north america energy independence so we can get those jobs. with regards to the tax-cut, i am not looking to cut nasa's taxes and reduce revenues going to the government. my number one principle is there will be no tax cut that adds to the deficit. no tax cuts as to the deficit. but i do want to reduce the burden being paid by middle inc
the third area, energy. energy is critical in the president pointed out correctly that production of oil and gas in the u.s. is up, but not due to his policies. despite of his policies. mr. president, all the increase in natural gas and oil has happened on private land, not on government land. on government land, your administration has cut the number of permits and licenses in half. if i am president, i will double them and also get the oil from offshore in alaska and bring a pipeline from...
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one, get us energy independent, north american energy independent. that creates about four million jobs. number two, open up more trade, particularly in latin america, crack down on china if and when they cheat. number three, make sure our people have the skills they need to succeed and the best schools in the world. we're far away from that now. number four, get us to a balanced budget. number five, champion small business. it's small business that creates the jobs in america, and over the last four years small business people have decided that america may not be the place to open a new business. >> so you tell me, why did -- why -- what's so good about that program? why was it so positive to you all? somebody. >> it's not, it's just not correct. i mean, some issues here you have to look at. i mean, if you cut people's taxes, great. who doesn't want that? on the other hand, if you're going to give them -- take away that same money by changing out the loopholes, you end up with the same thing. why is that going to provide more jobs than what we're de
one, get us energy independent, north american energy independent. that creates about four million jobs. number two, open up more trade, particularly in latin america, crack down on china if and when they cheat. number three, make sure our people have the skills they need to succeed and the best schools in the world. we're far away from that now. number four, get us to a balanced budget. number five, champion small business. it's small business that creates the jobs in america, and over the...
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and so that is why you see the obama campaign pushing this so hard, because the wind energy industry has about 7,000 or 8,000 workers in iowa. >> reporter: then there is the fight in plain sight-- the >> romney would jeopardize thousands of jobs and knock the wind out of iowa's economy. >> a prairie fire of debt is sweeping across the nation. >> reporter: the negative ads are on >> reporter: the negative ads on almost every channel, every night. >> i mean, it's almost-- the ads border on being vulgar. >> reporter: steve bump has run a fireplace business in the des moines suburbs for 38 years, he knows fall is when people think about snuggling up to a warm fire, and more important for him, when they make buying decisions. >> if i'm selling romance and entertainment with my product, and i am, i don't want that customer to have all these negative thoughts in their mind about this ad that preceded me. >> reporter: bump says superpac- funded political ads are clogging up the airwaves. those campaign ads push his commercials off primetime and all his ads now cost 25% more. >> i'm probably
and so that is why you see the obama campaign pushing this so hard, because the wind energy industry has about 7,000 or 8,000 workers in iowa. >> reporter: then there is the fight in plain sight-- the >> romney would jeopardize thousands of jobs and knock the wind out of iowa's economy. >> a prairie fire of debt is sweeping across the nation. >> reporter: the negative ads are on >> reporter: the negative ads on almost every channel, every night. >> i mean,...
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you have more energy that barack obama. now we are coming back to you a little laterr on in the show and talk about romney. we tried to talk about barack obama. undecided voters switch the topic. we'll get back to it. back to you. >> steve: minutes before the top of the hour. the president debuted a new catch phrase. economic patriotism where the rich pay more. is that what it means to be patriotic. we'll ask a member of the president's finance team. and a high school heist that was all too real for julianne moore, you will find out more straight ahead. ♪ . note you got to change your evil ways, baby. ♪ before i start loving you. ♪ you have on got to change, baby. ♪ and every word. by making it without 100% real cheddar cheese. but then...it wouldn't be stouffer's mac & cheese. just one of over 70 satisfying recipes for one from stouffer's. >> gretchen: the president argued last night for a new economic patriism. this was in the debate. what does that mean? here is the president. >> governor romney has a perspective
you have more energy that barack obama. now we are coming back to you a little laterr on in the show and talk about romney. we tried to talk about barack obama. undecided voters switch the topic. we'll get back to it. back to you. >> steve: minutes before the top of the hour. the president debuted a new catch phrase. economic patriotism where the rich pay more. is that what it means to be patriotic. we'll ask a member of the president's finance team. and a high school heist that was all...
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first of all, you had a huge shot of energy in the republican camp in the romney campaign. republicans were thrilled with his performance. democrats were not so thrilled with president obama's performance. the question is going to be has mitt romney been able in a race where he's been clearly behind the president to hurt him enough and sustain that momentum over the next three weeks. that's what's really critical. there have been strong debates, john kerry had a strong debate against george w. bush in 2004. but he wasn't able to translate that into lasting benefit. that's the best of the next three weeks, to see whether romney can keep it going or whether president obama comes out with a higher level of aggression, higher level of energy in the next debate and stop the momentum that romney accumulated last night. >> okay. yeah, i had so many different thoughts, john, as we watched the whole thing. i remember that a lot of republicans were supporting newt gingrich because just for this moment, they wanted -- they thought newt was such a great debater, they wanted to see some
first of all, you had a huge shot of energy in the republican camp in the romney campaign. republicans were thrilled with his performance. democrats were not so thrilled with president obama's performance. the question is going to be has mitt romney been able in a race where he's been clearly behind the president to hurt him enough and sustain that momentum over the next three weeks. that's what's really critical. there have been strong debates, john kerry had a strong debate against george w....
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let's produce more solar and wind power and other sources of clean renewable energy energy of course a hot topic in every election and like so many bills drawn up and voted on in congress to stop the war on coal legislation never really sort of a chance at becoming law over all this highlights a much larger question how much do lawmakers actually accomplish while i am holding in my hand this is a list of a few more than thirty post offices that were renamed in the last couple years but at a cost of four point eight million dollars a day just to fund the u.s. house of representatives we thought it was an issue that warranted a closer look in washington christine for our team. over more on this so-called war on call david baron managing editor for earth justice joins us now welcome to the show so this phrase that is being used now the war on call it sounds like a loaded loaded phrase is it just that or is there an actual battle going on and if so who is pitted against who here well i'm afraid what we're seeing is some members of congress pitted against the health of the american people
let's produce more solar and wind power and other sources of clean renewable energy energy of course a hot topic in every election and like so many bills drawn up and voted on in congress to stop the war on coal legislation never really sort of a chance at becoming law over all this highlights a much larger question how much do lawmakers actually accomplish while i am holding in my hand this is a list of a few more than thirty post offices that were renamed in the last couple years but at a...
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he surprised colorado's action committee by joining his sons on stage and talking of feeling the energy. >> i said the president's vision has trickle down government and i don't think that's what american believes in. i see instead a prosperity that comes through freedom. >> reporter: the president made a denver appearance as well. he said last night's debate also reminded him of two things, both named romney. >> the real romney has been running around the country for the last year promising five trillon dollars in tax cuts to favor the wealthy, the -- last night he said he didn't know anything about that. >> reporter: romney used the debate to focus on a middle class squeeze that's happened in the president's first term. and many were surprised the president didn't bring up romney's remarks about how he views 47% of americans. it could have put romey any on defense. it's back to the campaign trail now. the president is in with wisconsin where was campaigning just one state over there joe biden who was in iowa and then we saw romney leave cole doll to go to virginia. he can campaigning
he surprised colorado's action committee by joining his sons on stage and talking of feeling the energy. >> i said the president's vision has trickle down government and i don't think that's what american believes in. i see instead a prosperity that comes through freedom. >> reporter: the president made a denver appearance as well. he said last night's debate also reminded him of two things, both named romney. >> the real romney has been running around the country for the last...
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she's only a year old but the energy will be perfect to harness into tricks and manners. everybody is allowed to bring their dogs to the biggest gala of the year. it's a great time. everybody dresses up their dogs. it's really fun. >> i've been to events like this. it is fun. the dogs love it. there's treats for the animals. the washington-- >> go to the montgomery county humane website. all the information will be on there and angel's information number 148. >> a sweet girl. about a year old. she's looking for what sort of home? >> active home. she could probably go great with a family and somebody that's willing to teach her a little bit. >> she is trainable i believe. >> oh, yeah. >> certainly needs to get that energy -- at least one good walk a day. give us the website? [ inaudible ] >> if you missed any of that, go to wusa9.com or the petline section. all the information is there. back to you. >> that's it, howard. >>> thanks for being with us. come back and visit us for 9news now at 5:00. have a great day.
she's only a year old but the energy will be perfect to harness into tricks and manners. everybody is allowed to bring their dogs to the biggest gala of the year. it's a great time. everybody dresses up their dogs. it's really fun. >> i've been to events like this. it is fun. the dogs love it. there's treats for the animals. the washington-- >> go to the montgomery county humane website. all the information will be on there and angel's information number 148. >> a sweet girl....
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>> i actually did not know mitt romney views on energy. i think independent energy is a great idea. >> this is weighing in alexandria virginia on the republican line. >> i listened to the debate and the president mentioned the number one job of the government is to protect the people. now he is the executive chief commander. that is his no. 1 job in his branch of the government. he did talk about strengthening our military -- he did not mention anything about strengthening the military which mitt romney did mention that he was going to keep the government strong. my biggest issue is the economy right now, but also if you look at the middle east crisis, iran, libya, and some of these other countries, if war breaks out in the middle east, and with the oil problem and fuel shortages, if you think our grocery stores can get into when there is two or 3 inches of snow coming down, imagine getting our oil cut off, and this crisis with our american embassies being under attack. >> so when it comes to the economy, which was the discussion tonight,
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million people out of work, rising unemployment, an economic crisis at the kitchen table, and spend his energy and passion two years fights for obama care instead of fighting for jobs for the american people. >> we did work on this, alongside working on jobs, because this is part of making sure that middle class families are secure in this country. >> reporter: president obama on defense, romney challenging his record as both now wait to see if this exchange had any impact on voters. well, we already know it had impact online on twitter. the most tweeted event in u.s. political history. from denver, i'm tracy potts, back to you. >> tracy, thank you. both candidates will be back on the campaign trail today. president obama will stay in denver while mitt romney heads to virginia. and the latest nbc news "wall street journal" poll shows the race in the commonwealth tightening. the president leads his republican rival by 2%. that is within the margin of error. he led there by 4% last month. and in the race, it's even tighter in another battleground state, florida. president obama leads romney by 1
million people out of work, rising unemployment, an economic crisis at the kitchen table, and spend his energy and passion two years fights for obama care instead of fighting for jobs for the american people. >> we did work on this, alongside working on jobs, because this is part of making sure that middle class families are secure in this country. >> reporter: president obama on defense, romney challenging his record as both now wait to see if this exchange had any impact on...